Overview
WSPS.CA | 2022 HEALTH & SAFETY LEADERSHIP SURVEY WHITE PAPER 5
OVERVIEW OF PARTICIPANTS
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
2021
2020 2019
Leading
Health and safety is treated as a
strategic priority. Information is
reported publicly, and board decisions
take into account the impact on health
and safety.
17% 17% 12%
Proactive
Active board discussion and support
aimed at enhancing management of
health and safety.
29% 38% 28%
Managing
Focused on management of
day-to-day health and safety.
34% 27% 33%
Reactive
Focused on addressing health and
safety issues as they arise. Focus
remains on incident rates.
16% 15% 22%
Start of
Journey
Starting to understand what health
and safety involves; focused on
incident management.
4% 2% 4%
Totals may not equal 100 as figures are rounded off.
As in previous years, responses were broken down to capture where participating
organizations fall in terms of the level of development of health and safety in their
workplaces. In 2021, the number of respondents who indicated their organizations
were Leading held at 17%. There was a drop in those who categorized themselves
as Proactive, but the Managing category grew by seven percentage points to
34%, and the Reactive category grew to 16%.
